Rail puller



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w. E. MEYER ET AL RAIL FULLER Filed March 4, 1926 Patented Au 31, i925.

UNlTlElD STATEE:

-WAIFJ'JER MEYER AND EDWIN BAILEK, OF MANITOWOG, WISCONSIN.

RAIL FULLER.

Application filed March 4;, 1826. Serial No. 92,244.

This invention relates to rail pullers.

Rail pullers, as heretofore constructed, have been very complicated and relatively massive in construction. Accordingly, there fore, they have been difficult to transport and handle and could not, with facility, be carried from place to place and used with ease and rapidity.

This invention is designed to provide a rail puller which is of extreme simplicity,

which is relatively small and is not massive,

and which may be very quickly applied and easily operated.

Further objects are to provide a rail puller which may be operated to exert any desired force upon the rails to draw them close together, which may be easily adjusted to the particular spacing of the rails, and which may be very quickly operated.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of the rail and rail puller with parts in section.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 -3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the rail puller comprises a pair of similar plates 1 and 2 which are positioned on opposite sides of the rail. These plates are each provided with a series of relatively closely spaced lower apertures 3 and with upper wider spaced apertures 4.

In applying the device, the fish plates of the rails are removed and bolts 5 are passed through the appropriate aperture of the lower group indicated by reference character 3 and through the registering aperture in the web of the rail 6. These bolts are arranged, as shown in Figure 1, so as to connect one end of the plate 1 to one of the rails and the other end of the plate 2 to the other rail. A U-shaped clip 7 may be slipped over the plates and rails, as shown in the drawings, to slidably hold them in place. A tapered pin 8 is then driven through the most nearly aligned apertures in the upper series 4. It is to be noted that these apertures are positioned above the rails, and, therefore, allow passage therethrough of the tapered pin 8. This pin is then driven in place and the tapered portion 9 thereof gradually forces the plates 1 and 2 1n opposite directions. For example, it causes the plate 2 to move to the right in Figure l with.

reference to the plate 1. This motion accordingly draws the rails together in a very simple manner.

It is apparent that the pin 8 may be readily driven in place by hammering upon its head 10 so that any desired degree of force may be imparted, and consequently, the rails may be very readily drawn into position.

It may be found expedient, in certain cases, to provide a pin, such as shown in Figure 1, with the taper primarily on one side to thus secure the maximum relative travel of the plates 1 and 2. I

It will be seen that a very simple and serviceable structure has been provided by this invention, and it is to be noted further that the structure is extremely rugged and is of very small dimensions and relatively light weight so that it may be easily carried from place to place.

Further, it is to be noted, that this rail puller may be very cheaply produced and may be adjusted to the exact demands of the occasion by selecting the appropriate apertures 3 for bolting to the rails and the appropriate apertures 4 through which the pin 8 may be driven.

In actual practice, it has been found that a rail puller constructed in accordance with this invention gives perfect satisfactionand is easily handled and quickly applied and removed from the rails.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

e claim 1. A rail puller comprising a pair of plates adapted for positioning on opposite sides of juxtaposed rails, means for attaching one plate to one rail and the other plate to the other rail, said plates having portions projecting above said rails and having apertures in such portions, and a tapered pin adapted to be driven through said apertures.

2. A rail puller comprising a pair of plates adapted to be positioned upon opposite sides of the ends of a pair of juxtaposed rails, said plates having a lower series of apertures located in line with the webs of the rails and having an upper series of apertures located above said rails, bolts passing through apertures in the lower series and through the Webs of the rails and attaching one plate to one rail and the other plate to the other rail, and a tapered pin adapted to be driven through the upper series of apertures to draw said rails towards each other.

3. A rail puller comprising a pair of plates adapted to be positioned upon opposite sides of the ends of a pair of juxtm posed rails, said plates having a lower series of apertures l0cated in line with the Webs of the rails and having an upper series of apertures located above said rails bolts passing through apertures in the lower series and through the Webs of the rails and attaching one plate to one rail and the other plate to the other rail, a U-shaped clip spanning the rails and plate and adapted to hold the plates in position.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands at iiianp towoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State 11 of Wisconsin. 

